Retirement village on former holiday camp site in Lancashire C J Homes DPP worked with the client to promote a major retirement village complex, comprising 650...
... had, ... were ... looked ... its purpose well. ... Thank you for that, Mark. I've no way of finding out about Bob Monkhouse that I know of. As far the...
Hi Andrew After reading your last post you jogged an old memory of mine. I remember the ferryman roadshow very well.Every year it was on usually a wednesday...
hi catherine the disco thing you refer to was the old tv room it had an old projection tv in it it never worked any good in the 8 yrs iwas there and ...
Catherine, I remember the Ferryman Roadshow. I will have to dig some pictures out. They were there on a tuesday night 86,87, 88, and 89. Not sure about them...
Yes I remember the party dance competition as I used to be one of the Blues leading the teams in 92 & 93 and would come off the stage absolutely shattered....
Jeff I see. I always wondered what it was. When we used to queue up the stairs to the restaurant for dinner, on one side was a snooker type of room (if I am...
Hi Michelle and Sally God you are bringing back clearer memories now.. Yes I got a video once of 2 guys break-dancing it was fantastic at the time lots of...
Apart from being a disco, there was also a carpet bowls area at one point. I can't rememebr if it was to be there as a permanent fixture (in 93!) but I do ...
When I was a bluecoat and we finished shift around bout 1am (2am or later if you were working the wheelhouse) we used to grab chips in a bun with mayonaise...
... point. I ... 93!) but I do ... going over it ... That right - it was carpet bowls not snooker! It was there for years and years! The croc train was fab -...
Hi Sally For some reason I dont remember the snack attack. The last time I was there it was 93' and cant really picture it. Was it somewhere near the...
The Snack Attack was the Burger bar sort of joined to the front of the amusment arcade block just before the pond. It was on the side of the Berry that wasnt...
Anyone who worked there or was on holiday in 1993 will probably remember a guy called "Stavros" who worked in the bars (can't remember his real name for the...
Sally I remember Robert Towel as the ents manager at middleton for a few years but that was in the 80's so probably woudlnt remember him. I think I can picture...
... remember a guy called "Stavros" who worked in the bars (can't remember his real name for the life of me). One day I was sitting with the kids on the Croc...
Site owner! Oh you mean the web variety. First time we met, Sally, was in the Berengaria theatre. I was still trying to get used to a southern accent! I...
Stavros, was Steve, he worked in the bars. I thought he lost his job in '92 for punching, or at least ripping bits off the door of a chalet belonging to Lee,...
Was there much left for the guests once she got her nightly quota, Janet, there wasn't when I was in there in '94 :0) Yours very sincerely, And expecting a...
If i have it right the Disco you refer to would be directly in front of the doors before you went up the stairs (behind the stairs)to the resturant ??. If so...
Thats ok, I know Helen Field who was manageress in '94 liked to look after us too. The real reason I made the comment (no malice intended, honest, Sally) is ...
This is such an intresting and refreshing group, whereby holiday goers to Middleton Towers can reminiss and remember the good times they had there. Its great...
Mark I am glad to say that I share the same kind of memories as you do - as a holiday maker. You brought back a memory with the chips in those cones! I was...
Cheese and chips was another of my favourites from the Staff Canteen. Thanks Janet for the big helpings - you'll be pleased to know I grew up big and strong. ...
... cherished ... allowed! ... great! ... ballroom ... Yes, I remember the farmhouse pub, looked a bit like a mini version of the woolpack inside, or in that...
Only television news coverage it got after it closed was when the prison service wanted to develope it. I was at the 'debate' in Middleton Village Hall (and...
... the prison ... Village Hall ... they sent was of ... similar mouth and ... time. It was ... fences round ... barbed on top, ... quite something ... ...
... getting ... Hi Mark Yes the wrestling was on around 2ish of an afternoon! Yes something springs to mind about the cimema showings - there was a little...
